The board encourages employees to continue professional growth by being involved in professional organizations, attending conferences, continuing advanced training and education and participating in other professional activities.
The superintendent shall recommend a program to the board for professional in-service staff development. The board shall maintain and support a staff development program for personnel. Staff development activities shall align with district goals, shall be based on student and staff information, shall prepare employees to work with diverse learners, and shall emphasize research-based practices to achieve increased student achievement. Professional development activities will include activities that promote and/or teach about compliance with applicable Iowa laws.
Requests for attendance or participation in a development program, other than those development programs sponsored by the district, which require the employee’s absence from duties and/or which involve district expenditures shall be made to the superintendent. The superintendent shall have discretion to allow or disallow attendance, giving consideration to the value of the program to the employee and to the district, the effect of the employee’s absence on the educational program, financial considerations, and other relevant factors.
- First Adoption:
- 2003-02-10
- Revision Adoption:
- January 24, 2010/ November 6, 2022
- Reviewed Dates:
- April 24, 2016/ October 7, 2018/ August 6, 2023
- Legal Reference:
- 256.7(15), 256.21, 279.8, 279.14A, Code of Iowa; 281 I.A.C. 12.5(17), 12.7